Motorhead Mama Blog

Imagine this: you’re driving off-road in a brand new Jeep and things are getting scary. Meanwhile, the woman in the passenger seat is telling you EXACTLY how to drive. When things get hairy, she giggles. When things get terrifying, she laughs. Sounds awful right? Turns out, it’s awesome. Especially when the driver is me and the passenger is master off-road driver/instructor and general badass, Nena...

Jaclyn Trop is the kind of woman that is easy to envy. She’s smart, beautiful and has a globe-trotting, flawless-faced Instagram feed that makes you want to stick an ice pick in her forehead. The problem is, she’s genuinely nice and super cool. So why would I give more air time to someone so incredibly aggravating? Because, my friends, Jaclyn Trop is shaking stuff up–...

What were you up to when you were 21 years old? College life– complete with beer bongs, all nighters and frat parties? Or eating ramen noodle as you slogged through your first job, with that a**hole boss and student loans breathing down your neck? How about building a race car and traveling around the country to compete? Sounds more like a midlife crisis than a...

If I were to tell you that I had dinner with the President of Aston Martin Americas, you’d probably say, “Oh man, did he wear an Ascot?” If I told you that SHE was actually fascinating: a former competititve tennis player and laywer, you’d say, “Oh wow, was she terrifying?” If I said that she is really cool and down to Earth you’d most likely...

As a rule, trade shows suck. Between boring panel discussions to cheesy booths to forced networking, they can easily be the worst part of anyone’s job. That is assuming you don’t work in automotive. For in this industry, there is one trade show that is both coveted and disdained by all involved and that’s The SEMA Show. The Speed Equipment Manufacturing Association show officially attracts over...

Clint Eastwood. John Wayne. Larry Hagman. America loves us a cowboy. The dude that breaks the rules, can outsmart the bad guys and will still enjoy a real drink at the end of a hard day. In some ways, cowboys are what we do best in this country. Oh and trucks. We do trucks really well too. So what happens when you combine those two...

“This is not a rental car” says Volvo’s Senior VP Americas, Anders Gustafsson, at the introduction of the all new 2019 Volvo S60. And I wonder if he’s talking DIRECTLY to me. I crouch in my chair and look around, “Is it just me?” You see, I have hard time getting excited about sedans, don’t you? Especially the ones with less than 400 hp. What...

Hot hatches are a beloved segment by almost everyone who loves cars. But the reality is, it is the lukewarm hatches that sell. Sure everyone loves a Golf GTI but it is the Prius that flies off the lot. Well, this is great news for the Hyundai Elantra GT. There are a lot of things to love about the Elantra GT so let’s get to...

Before we get started, let’s get a few things straight. First, most of these aren’t bumper stickers. Ok, so don’t go freaking out and sending me psycho emails about that. Second, ain’t no shame in aging. Some of the world’s finest bloggers are aging too. Lastly, all of this may be upsetting, so put on your big boy/girl/whatever panties because this is likely to hurt....

A few years ago, my friend Sylvia messaged me and told me she got a new Kia Sportage. Yay? I said. It rocks, she told me. I hear people really like them, I said. This is my canned response for vehicles I’m not interested in. Call me a jerk, but my car snobbery runs deep. (What can I say, I’m from Connecticut.) But since then,...